Junior Conveyancing Secretary (Trainee)

Buyers and sellers are waiting on your file at a conveyancing firm in Durban Central, and every step counts. Someone who likes a bit of variety, but also likes doing things the right way, will enjoy this.

This post is Durban Central-based, with most of your time spent at a conveyancing firm.

• Book signing appointments and explain costs to buyers and sellers
• Lodge documents at the Deeds Office and track them through examination
• Update agents, banks and clients on file progress on the bank portal and by email
• Apply for transfer duty receipts on SARS eFiling
• Prepare final statements of account and pay out on registration

• Knowledge of bank panel instruction portals and LAWtrust digital signing
• Matric, with a conveyancing course for secretary posts
• Organised enough to run 60 or more live files
• Experience on a conveyancing system such as GhostConvey, LegalSuite or AJS
• Admission as a conveyancer for conveyancer posts
• Clear, polite updates to anxious buyers and sellers

• Deeds Office lodgement runner experience in your city
• Estate late transfers
• Notarial bonds and servitudes

• Paid conveyancing short courses
• Normal office hours with rare weekend work
• Registration bonus per file at some firms
• Parking or taxi allowance for Deeds Office runs

• Name the conveyancing software and bank portals you know in your first CV section.
• State how many files you run at once and whether you do transfers, bonds or cancellations; it tells firms where you fit.